John Melvin Poston
1910 - 1975 (64 years)-
Name John Melvin Poston [1, 2, 3] Birth 18 Dec 1910 [2, 3] Gender Male Family Search ID LY24-H27 Residence Occupation: Laborer [2] Death 5 Jul 1975 [3] Burial Marion, Smyth, Virginia, USA 
[3] Person ID I27091 Woodworth Ancestry Last Modified 23 Feb 2026
Father Charlie Marion Poston, b. 1865 d. 1947 (Age 82 years) Relationship natural Mother Ida Lodema Hammonds, b. 1878 d. 1940 (Age 62 years) Relationship natural Family ID F18776 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Matilda Coe, b. 25 Dec 1912, Marion, Smyth, Virginia, USA d. 6 Jul 2011, Saltville, Smyth, Virginia, USA (Age 98 years) Marriage 15 Jun 1931 Smyth County, Virginia, USA [2] Children 1. Charles Edward Poston, b. 1930, Smyth County, Virginia, USA d. 15 Nov 2016, Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, USA (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Lois Mildred Mabe, b. 10 Jan 1946, Smyth County, Virginia, USA d. 8 Aug 2018, Smyth County, Virginia, USA (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 3. Living Family ID F18775 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Feb 2026
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Marriage - 15 Jun 1931 - Smyth County, Virginia, USA 
Burial - - Marion, Smyth, Virginia, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S371] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101144140.
Record for Shirley Ann Poston
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9279&h=28383372&indiv=try - [S1187] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Marriage Registers, 1853-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA; Virginia Marriages, 1853-1935.
Record for Jno Melvin Robt Poston
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62154&h=366117&indiv=try - [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for John M Poston
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=37890686&indiv=try
- [S371] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014; Roll: 101144140.
